Databases: Business: Investments

Best's Library Center VCU

Full text insurance reports, credit reports, and other in-depth insurance industry information and statistics.

Bizminer VCU

Industry financial analysis and market trends for thousands of lines of business in national and local markets.

Business Source Complete VCU

Coverage: 1886 - present

Bibliographic and full text content from scholarly business journals and other sources including peer-reviewed business publications. Indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back as far as 1886.

Dissertations and Theses Full Text (ProQuest) VCU

Coverage: 1637 - present

Full text for most dissertations from 1997 to the present. Includes full text for some earlier dissertations, along with over 2.4 million dissertations and theses citations from around the world.

Dow Jones Factiva VCU

Comprehensive, full text up-to-the-minute news and business source from Dow Jones and Reuters. Replaces Dow Jones Interactive.

Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences VCU

Full text reference guide for those working in quality control, economics, probability and statistics as well as for those applying statistical methods in any discipline. Updated annually, with revisions and new articles added quarterly.

GREENR (Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources) VCU

Coverage: 1990s - present

Covers emerging green technologies, the environment, sustainability, energy systems, agriculture, climate change, population, and more.

Hoover's VCU

Comprehensive company, industry, and market intelligence. In-depth coverage of the world's top businesses. Includes product/brand name listings, subsidiaries, financial data, key people, and more.

IBISWorld VCU

Reports for all 723 U.S. industries categorized by NAICS. Includes market size, competitors, forecasting, business valuations, benchmarking. Includes business environment and global industry reports.

Mergent BondViewer VCU

Provides access to bond data including both issuer and bond level terms and condition data, US taxable bonds, municipal bonds and retail notes.

Mergent Horizon VCU

Provides dynamic screening, comparison, and analysis of a company and its sector, customers, suppliers, and products. Underlying classification system maps relationships among companies.

Mergent Online VCU

Detailed business and financial information on US and international public companies. Provides 15 years historic data and financial ratios. Create reports; customize analysis.

Mintel VCU

Full-text market research reports covering US and global consumer markets. Reports analyze market share, segmentation, and trends. Upon first login register with your VCU email address.

Mintel Global Market Navigator VCU

Market size, market share, and forecast data for thousands of consumer goods categories worldwide.

Morningstar Investment Research Center VCU

Analysis on stocks, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds. Includes market information and a tool to create investment portfolios.

New York Times VCU

Coverage: 1851 - 2006

More than a newspaper for an American city, the New York Times is an international record of national and world news, as well as personal stories of how events affect individuals.

Passport GMID (Global Market Information Database) VCU

Coverage: 1977 - present

International marketing data and research. Provides statistics and analysis across industries, countries, and consumers. Includes over 18,000 full market reports.

Plunkett Research Online VCU

Analysis and market research for important industry sectors. Includes trend analysis, statistics, organizations, company profiles, information for job-seekers, and ability to create custom reports.

PrivCo VCU

Business and financial data on major, non-publicly traded corporations, including family-owned, private equity owned, venture backed, and international unlisted companies.

SimplyMap VCU

Coverage: 1980 - present

Allows users to create thematic maps and reports using extensive demographic, business, and marketing data.

Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage VCU

Financial and investment database providing information for corporate research and for industry, competitive, and investment analysis. Includes Industry Surveys, Stock Reports, Bond Reports, among others.

Value Line VCU

Financial analysis, performance data, and growth projections on stocks, mutual funds, options, and convertible securities, as well as special situation stocks.

WRDS (Wharton Research Data Services) Libraries

WRDS is a data management service which enables users to access databases to which VCU subscribes (Compustat). Access limited within the libraries to VCU students, faculty, and staff.